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Holy Week

Poet Kenneth Bailey on why the death of Jesus is so important for Christians

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Islamic Converts

Saba Risuluddin speaks about her conversion to Islam - and other people's reactions

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Islamic Unity

Saba Risaluddin suggests Islam as answer to tribal and nationalist conflict

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Islamic Thinkers

Saba Risaluddin on the intellectual achievements of Muslim thinkers throughout history

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The Singer and His Song

Cantor Jonathan Ordman tries to explain the "tingle factor" he gets from singing

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Carnival Celebration

Why do people need carnival? And why does it so often proceed a period of solemnity?

• 3 mins

Passion Week: Judge Not

Thoughts for Passion Week: "In an age of speed one must learn to think slowly"

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Praying

Why is praying such an effort? How do we prepare for deep prayer?

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Regent's Park Mosque

Worshippers explain what Regent's Park Mosque means to them

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Passion Week: Human Solidarity

"We are put on earth a little space, That we may learn to bear the beams of love"

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Passion Week: Consuming Belief

Thoughts for Passion Week: "It takes so many years to realise one is dead"

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Saint Paul's Cathedral in London

What Sir Christopher Wren's baroque church means to people

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Passover

The story of Passover, commemorating the exodus of Israelites from Egypt

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Images of Christ

"He is a king who exercises his authority by washing the feet of his disciples"

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Passover Preparation

The history and the meanings behind the preparations for Passover

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Passover

Rabbi Julia Neuberger considers alternative meanings for the food at Passover

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Good Friday

Thoughts on Via Dolorosa, the walk pilgrims make in Jerusalem on Good Friday

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Maundy Thursday

Thought on the Last Supper which Jesus held with his disciples before going to his death

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Albanian Liberation

The Albanian struggle for freedom and words of the prophet Isaiah

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Spy Wednesday

Spy Wednesday and reflections on a recent trip to Albania

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Church and State

Is politics in Western countries a Godless profession?

• 4 mins

A Peculiar People

What might non-Christians think of Christian rituals during Holy Week?

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Remembering Armenian Genocide

Family remembrances of the first planned genocide of the 20th Century

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Holy Spirit

Is it possible to visualise the Holy Spirit?

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Doubting Thomas

Reverend Peter McGeary on the story of Doubting Thomas

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The Ascension of Christ

Thoughts poetic visions of glory and the Ascension of Christ

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Holocaust Remembrance Day

Why did it take so long for Yom HaShoah to become a national memorial day in Israel?

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Bishop Pierre-Marie Theas

A man imprisoned by the Nazi, who encouraged prayers for the Germans

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Forgiving and Forgetting

Why is it so difficult to forgive and forget - especially forget?

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Routine Prayers

Do ritual prayers encourage devotion or boredom, especially in the young?

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